Jurors have sided with two Colorado detectives in a lawsuit filed by a man claiming they ignored his disabilities during hours of questioning that led him to falsely confess to sexually assaulting a young girl.

Attorneys for Tyler Sanchez were unable to convince jurors that the two Douglas County Sheriff’s office detectives maliciously prosecuted him for the young girl’s assault.

The claim required jurors to agree that the detectives intentionally caused Sanchez’s jailing or prosecution despite a lack of probable cause.

Jurors deliberated for about a day before ruling Friday in favor of the detectives, Heather Mykes and Mike Duffy.

Sanchez was seeking unspecified financial damages. The lawsuit said he was arrested in 2009 and lived in fear for three years until prosecutors dropped the charges.

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